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Go Wild, go birding
The Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge will be holding a free “Birds in Culture” at the Cedar Key Library on Thursday, May 10 at 10:30 a.m. in recognition of International Migratory Bird Day. May 12 is the day we celebrate our winged relatives on this earth. Enjoy the gifts they bring us through their beauty, their lilting songs, and the magnificence of their flight.

Story Submitted by Island Arts
If you’ve visited Island Arts across from the Post Office on Second Street in the past two weeks you’ve probably asked “Where’s Bo?” If you don’t know who Bo is, then let me tell you, you missed meeting the coolest shop cat in Cedar Key.

Young Authors’ Conference
The 23rd Island City Young Authors’ Conference will take place at Cedar Key School on May 4, beginning at 8:30 a.m.. Michigan writer Lisa Wheeler will be visiting. Wheeler has written many children’s books, including “Ugly Pie”, “One Dark Night” and “Sailor Moo”. During her workshop, she will share her love of writing and the process of publishing a book.

Artist of the Month for May 2012 at the Cedar Keyhole Gallery is Virginia Stevenson.
Using a variety of fabrics and dyeing methods, Virginia Stevenson has steeply advanced the sophistication of her creations. Her works have appeared in a number of shows as well as collections. Stevenson has also been commissioned to devise fabric solutions for decorator challenges. Never idle, Stevenson uses many of her original fabric designs in producing ready-to-wear fashions. All of her latest creations will be on display at the Cedar Keyhole during the entire month of May.

At 79, Henry Gernhardt’s hands have twisted, turned, pressed, pounded, painted and baked globs of earth into works of art for more than 73 years.
The artist, who now lives and works just outside of Cedar Key with his wife, Amy, grew up in rural Connecticut in a family he describes as being mostly engineers and mechanics.
“I just couldn’t get into that,” he says. “I always did things different.”
So, Gernhardt started a formal education in the arts at Norwich Art School in the early 1950s.

Rally round Cedar Key
Cedar Key is one of the nominees for the Ultimate Fishing Town through World Fishing Network.com (WFN). Now is the time for all you fishermen, guides, restaurants and accommodation owners to share your pictures and videos, so the rest of the world can see why Cedar Key should be the Ultimate Fishing Town. Follow this link: www.worldfishingnetwork.com/uft/town/cedarkey-fl.

The months of February and March provided an opportunity for Levy County Visitors Bureau to host two international groups of travel writers, a television segment shoot and a writer and photographer from Southern Living magazine.

Please join us at the Cedar Key Arts Center either Friday mornings at 9 a.m. or Monday evenings at 6 p.m. for an ongoing, very low-stress, low pressure weight management group.
We are doing a little art directive (no, you don’t have to be an artist) and having a goal setting/discussion.
If you are managing your weight in a healthful way and neither need to lose nor gain weight, please come and share your experiences with us.
There is no fee required at this time.
For more information, contact Alexandria Zettler at awz08@my.fsu.edu.